[1][2] The Atlantis Casino Resort served as the headquarters/party hotel, with additional rooms supplied by the Peppermill Reno and Courtyard by Marriott.

Reno's bid to host the Worldcon was formally unopposed and won with 650 out of the 763 cast ballots at Anticipation in Montréal, Québec in 2009.

[14] A pair of autographed shooting scripts for the HBO television series Game of Thrones were stolen in transit from Belfast to Reno.

[15] The theft of the scripts, donated by author George R. R. Martin whose books are the basis for the series and intended for sale at the convention's charity auction, made international headlines.

The scripts were signed by executive producers Dan Weiss and David Benioff plus director Alan Taylor.